I am trying to stream data in real time while comparing two values. However, it seems as if the function is only being evaluated once. However, time.sleep is also being ran, because it pauses in between loops. However the time is always the same.
x = f'https://api.polygon.io/v1/last/stocks/SPY?{key}'
def get_data():
time.sleep(5)
data = requests.get(x)
json_data = data.json()
#last price, datetime object
print ((json_data['last'])['price'], epoch_to_date_time( (json_data['last'])['timestamp'] ).__str__())
return (json_data['last'])['price']
def while_no_match(x):
counter = 0
while get_data()!=x and counter < 5 :
get_data()
counter +=1
if __name__ == '__main__':
while_no_match(100)
316.63 2020-07-08 19:01:42.457000
316.63 2020-07-08 19:01:42.457000
316.63 2020-07-08 19:01:42.457000
316.63 2020-07-08 19:01:42.457000
316.63 2020-07-08 19:01:42.457000
316.63 2020-07-08 19:01:42.457000
316.63 2020-07-08 19:01:42.457000
316.63 2020-07-08 19:01:42.457000
316.63 2020-07-08 19:01:42.457000
316.63 2020-07-08 19:01:42.457000
316.63 2020-07-08 19:01:42.457000
after running get_data manually a few time i received the following outputs:
316.69 2020-07-08 19:36:39.535000
316.71 2020-07-08 19:37:07.138000
316.71 2020-07-08 19:37:07.138000
It must be the API.